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Is the Pentax P70 good for Landscape Photography?

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Pentax P70 Landscape Photography Score

POOR
Pentax P70 has a score of 19 for Landscape Photography which makes it a POOR candidate for this type of photography. If Landscape Photography is important for you, we strongly recommend you to consider the Alternative cameras listed at the bottom of this page.
Read our detailed Pentax P70 Review

Pentax P70 Landscape Photography Detailed Analysis
Manual Focus Mode
With the manual focus mode, you can make fine adjustments to have the perfect focus.
28 mm - Good Wide Angle Coverage
Even though there are very good examples of landscapes photos taken with tele lenses, most of the landscape photos are taken with wide angle lenses.
Average Resolution Sensor: 12.0MP
Pentax P70's 12.0MP resolution is not ideal for landscape photography but you can still achieve large prints with good framing and technique.
No Manual Exposure Mode
A correct exposure of a landscape shot is very important. Even though modern digital cameras features advanced algorithms to calculate the right exposure, they still may fail some difficult conditions. Lack of manual exposure mode in these conditions means lot of shadow and highlight clipping.
No RAW shooting capability
RAW files contains much more color information compared to JPEGs, and gives you more room for post processing without significant quality loss. They provide wider dynamic range and option to recover shadow and highlight clipping to some degree.
Small 1/2.3" (6.17 x 4.55 mm) sensor
Pentax P70's small sensor struggles in low light situations compared to larger sensors.
No Environmental Sealings
Landscape photographs are taken outdoors and you should be prepared for all kind of weather conditions.

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Pentax P70 for Portrait Photography
Pentax P70 for Street Photography
Pentax P70 for Sports Photography
Pentax P70 for Carrying Everywhere
Pentax P70 Alternatives in Ultracompact cameras for Landscape Photography

Fujifilm XQ1

Compare P70 vs XQ1

12 MP | 2/3-inch CMOS X-TRANS II Sensor
25-100 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #477
Rank in Compact Cameras: #45
Fujifilm XQ1
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability 95
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Fujifilm XQ2

Compare P70 vs XQ2

12 MP | 2/3' CMOS X-TRANS II Sensor
25-100 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #478
Rank in Compact Cameras: #40
Fujifilm XQ2
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability 95
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Olympus TG-860

Compare P70 vs TG-860

16 MP | 1/2.3' CMOS Sensor
21-105 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #524
Rank in Waterproof Cameras: #67
Olympus Stylus Tough TG-860
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability 95
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Fujifilm XP130

Compare P70 vs XP130

16 MP | 1/2.3" BSI-CMOS Sensor
28-140 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #462
Rank in Waterproof Cameras: #37
Fujifilm FinePix XP130
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability 95
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape

Canon ELPH 360 HS

Compare P70 vs 360 HS

20 MP | 1/2.3' BSI-CMOS Sensor
25-300 mm Lens

Rank in All Cameras: #735
Rank in Compact Cameras: #158
Canon PowerShot ELPH 360 HS
Imaging
Features
Value for Money
Portability 97
Overall Score
Portrait
Street
Sports
Daily
Landscape
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